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Ichiban
Authentic Japanese dining with fresh sushi and a serene koi pond experience.
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Authentic Japanese dining with fresh sushi and a serene koi pond experience.
Ichiban is an iconic Austin restaurant offering an authentic Japanese dining experience with fresh sushi, traditional seating, and a charming koi pond. Located at 7310 Burnet Rd, it features a sushi bar where chefs craft personalized selections, friendly service, and a serene atmosphere. The restaurant is known for its high-quality dishes like sashimi, fried rice, and calamari, all at reasonable prices, making it a beloved spot for both casual meals and special occasions.
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Fresh, chef-selected sushi and sashimi trays, including nigiri and creative rolls made with high-quality fish.
Authentic tatami booths where you can remove shoes and sit on pillows for a cultural dining experience.
Feed friendly koi fish in the serene pond with $1 pellets, adding a unique interactive element to your visit.
Enjoy discounted drinks and appetizers during happy hour, perfect for afternoon dates or casual outings.
Delicious options like calamari, gyozas, takoyaki, miso soup, and seaweed salad to complement your meal.
Sit at the sushi bar for personalized service, complimentary samples, and expert recommendations from the chef.
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Overall rating
kamila ventura
This is honestly such a hole in the wall restaurant. They have delicious and fresh sushi and some of the best fried rice I’ve ever had. The servers are friendly and the restaurant is gorgeous, it even has some traditional Japanese seating areas. The koi pond is gorgeous and is filled with very friendly fish. They sell koi food for $1 so you can feed the fish! I can’t wait to come back and try this unique restaurant.
KK S
We forgot how much we loved the charm, food, authenticity, and class of this iconic Austin restaurant. We sat at the sushi bar and had the sushi chef pick a shashimi tray and roll to present us with. We loved what he surprised us with. Our server David was top notch too! We went during happy hour just after 4 and it was a quaint afternoon date. The koi fish pond was swooning with fish and a lovely addition to this eastside gem. The calamari was splendid, and it was cut in strips, more similar in size to how they serve it in Australia. We highly recommend it!
Corwin Scherer
Great sushi bar experience, we had a the chef serving us at the bar, he was funny, and gave us complimentary mini salad, appetizer for my beer, and delicious secret spicy sauce. Even ending the night with a small sample of octopus
Iliana Desaki
They got a beautiful entrance with lovely koi fish you can buy pellets inside to feed them. I ordered a lot because I was hungry the seaweed salad was great, so was the takoyaki, the sushi roll was much bigger than I expected. The server was great and really friendly.
Laia Gimeno
We went to Ichiban today. We’ve been to Japan and were looking for these vibes. When we arrived we were asked if we had a preference between standard tables or booths and we decided to seat in the booths. What we didn’t know is that the booths are like your traditional Japanese table, you need to take your shoes off and you can seat on a small pillow. So authentic! It’s also a good thing these booths have some room under the table so you can comfortably seat if you don’t want the full Japanese experience. The service was very good and fast, answering all questions and being very helpful. The food, surprisingly inexpensive, was excellent. We had the miso soup, gyozas, shumai, fried rice and different nigiri. The miso soup was delicious and the nigiri came with a generous amount of fish. My only thing is that the nigiri came with no wasabi in the actual nigiri, I like when the chef includes a bit of wasabi under the fish, like in Japan. Overall, an amazing experience for a very reasonable price. We’ll be back!
